Posted on 04/27/2005 10:57:42 AM PDT by MisterRepublican
Tony Blair hit out today at the taunts of "liar" from Michael Howard.
The Prime Minister accused the Conservative leader of "playing the man, not the ball" as the election battle reached new depths of bitterness. He also said Mr Howard was being "extreme and inept".
But with the polls showing signs that the attacks on Mr Blair's trustworthiness were paying off, the Tories relentlessly repeated the charge. They claimed Labour was "in a panic" at the effectiveness of the assault in hitting the likely turnout by disenchanted Labour voters.
Mr Howard's liar taunt drew complaints from a bishop today while former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke distanced himself by saying he would not use the term about Mr Blair.
Richard Harries, the Bishop of Oxford, delivered a sermon on the danger of cheapening the debate. "The leaders of the three main parties are all honourable men," he said.
"It is quite wrong to imply that any one of those three is somehow fundamentally dishonest, whoever it is."
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